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In this section you can find information on how to apply for a change of competent authority if you have a UK CAA AME certificate and wish to maintain your privileges to issue medical certificates in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 for Aircrew and/or Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340 for ATCO after the transitional period (Brexit) expires on 31 December 2020.
If you apply to one of the 27 EU Member States competent authorities before 1 January 2021, your application will be treated as if you are applying from another EU-member state. This means that certificates issued by a competent authority of an EU Member State are valid and recognized in the EU in accordance with Article 67 of the Basic Regulation (2018/1139).
If you are in possession of a valid EASA-AME-certification (e.g. UK CAA AME certification), the Danish authorities will recognize your certificate as long as you are fully qualified and licensed for the practice of medicine in accordance with MED.D.010 in Part-MED to the Commission Regulation (EU) 1178/2011 and/or ATCO.MED.C.010 in Part ATCO.MED to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340. The following applies:
- Applicants for an AME certificate regarding Class 1, Class 2, LAPL and Cabin Crew (CC) shall be issued an AME certificate, where they are fully qualified and licenced for the practice of medicine and have evidence of completion of specialist medical training.
- Applicants for an AME certificate regarding Class 3 shall be issued an AME certificate, where they are fully qualified and licensed for the practice of medicine and hold a Certificate of Completion, or have evidence of, specialist medical training.
The process of becoming a Danish certified AME
In order for you to comply with the qualification requirements in MED.D.010, a) and/or ATCO.MED.C.010, a) you must contact the Danish Patient Safety Authority in order for them to assess whether your authorization as a doctor and specialist medical training can be recognized in Denmark.
Once the Danish Patient Safety Authority has recognized your education you can send your full AME application to The Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority (hereafter Danish CAA) along with the following documentation:
- The letter of recognition from the Danish Patient Safety Authority.
- A letter from the UK CAA confirming that you are in possession of a valid UK CAA AME certificate that is not revoked or suspended.
- A copy of your valid UK CAA AME certificate.
The application containing the full documentation must be received by the Danish CAA by 31 December 2020 at the latest.
The Danish CAA has been informed that the processing time at the Danish Patient Safety Authority (DPSA) is up to three months, which makes it difficult to fulfill the requirements for application of recognition of your UK CAA AME certification by 31 December 2020 at the latest.
Accordingly, the Danish CAA can accept an initializing of the application process by applying both to the Danish CAA and to DPSA at the same time. However, it would be a requirement that you send us a copy of the confirmation you receive from DPSA when applying as verification.
This means that when applying for recognition of your UK CAA AME certification you need to send the following to the Danish CAA by 31 December 2020 at the latest in order to initialize the process:
- Letter of confirmation from DPSA verifying that you have applied for recognition of your qualifications as a doctor and specialist medical training (e.g. a copy of the application you sent to DPSA and their automatically generated confirmation that they have received your e-mail).
- A letter from the UK CAA confirming that you are in possession of a valid UK CAA AME certificate that is not revoked or suspended.
- A copy of your valid UK CAA AME certificate.
The Danish CAA will then process your application as soon as we receive the letter of recognition from the DPSA from you. This means that you are not certified as a DK CAA AME before this time, hence you cannot perform medical examinations as such until your new AME certification has been issued.
Please note that it is a prerequisite that the DPSA can recognize your qualifications in order for the Danish CAA to recognize your UK CAA AME certification.
The Danish CAA will then issue a DK CAA AME certification with the same privileges and validity as the former UK CAA AME certificate. Any application received after the 31 December 2020 will be treated as if the application came from a third country. In the section below, you can find information on how to be certified as a Danish AME if you are an applicant from a third country.
Later on, when applying for a revalidation or renewal of the DK CAA AME certification the Danish CAA needs to conduct an inspection (accession control) of your AME practice in order to verify compliance with Commission Regulation, ARA.MED.200(a), cf. AMC1 ARA.MED.200 “Procedure for the issue, revalidation, renewal or change of an AME certificate”.
Learn more on how to apply for recognition of authorization as medical specialist here (new window)
Expenses
Please be advised, that you will be billed according to executive order no. 2257 of 29 December 2020 on fees and charges. You can find the executive order on this page. However, the executive order is only available in Danish.
Note especially § 8, where it is stated, that besides payment for the performance of tasks, including supervisory tasks and accession control, outside Danish territory, travel and subsistence expenses, including travel time expenses will be charged. The Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority may charge certain amounts in advance. At this point in time the fee rate is 780 Danish Krones (dkk) pr. hour.
Note also in relation to the fee charged when recognizing an AME certificate § 1, point 2), where it is stated that the companies, organizations and persons etc. in whose interest the tasks are performed in the aviation area or registrations are made in the Register of Rights to Aircraft, shall pay fees to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority in accordance with §§ 3-6 and § 8.
In § 3, point 1) and 2) it is stated that the issuance fees appear in Appendix 1 and are payable either as a fixed fee or as a fee as per account rendered based on the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority's time consumption, cf. however § 8. Where the fee is a fixed as per account rendered, the price per hour appears from Appendix 1, chapter 1, Table 1A. At this point in time the fee rate is 845 Danish Krones (dkk) pr. hour.